scholarly journals Barriers to HIV testing in health care facilities, knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare providers in the country of Georgia

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
Ketevan Shermadini ◽  
Nino Badridze ◽  
Otar Chokoshvili ◽  
Akaki Abutidze ◽  
Maya Tsintsadze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Country Of Georgia ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

scholarly journals Attitudes of Pregnant Women Towards Antenatal Care Services Provided in Primary Health Care Facilities of Mbombela Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 569-575
Author(s):  
Lucia Drigo ◽  
Masane Luvhengo ◽  
Rachel T. Lebese ◽  
Lufuno Makhado
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Primary Health Care Facilities

Background: Pregnant woman’s personal experience of antenatal care services can either be positive or negative; however, knowledge and experience appear to be of paramount importance in shaping their attitudes towards any healthcare-related services. This implies that women's experience of antenatal care services may affect their decision for seeking antenatal care in their present pregnancy, which can lead them to delay seeking care. Purpose: This study sought to explore the attitudes of pregnant women towards antenatal care services provided in primary health care facilities of Mbombela Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Methods: A qualitative exploratory descriptive study design was used for this study. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample pregnant women who fail to attend antenatal services as expected. Data were collected through face to face unstructured in-depth interview. A total of eighteen pregnant women participated in the study until data saturation. Data were analysed using Tech’s method of analysis. Results: Results revealed the following theme and sub-themes: Attitudes of pregnant women related to individual perceptions, perceived barriers to utilizing antenatal care services,’ attitudes of healthcare providers, long waiting times in healthcare facilities, lack privacy and confidentiality in healthcare facilities and attitudes of pregnant women related to attendance of antenatal services. Conclusion: Attitudes of pregnant women about antenatal care are shaped by their knowledge and previous encounters with the health care services that they had previously received. It is therefore important to provide women-friendly services. It is recommended that health education regarding the importance of antenatal care services must be given to all women daily in the waiting areas of each primary health care facilities, thus, the healthcare providers should promote the active participation of pregnant women during the health education sessions and provide opportunities to ask questions.

scholarly journals Increased integrated testing for HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections in health care facilities: results from the INTEGRATE Joint Action pilots in Lithuania, Romania and Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Matulionytė ◽  
M. L. Jakobsen ◽  
V. I. Grecu ◽  
J. Grigaitiene ◽  
T. Raudonis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Alcohol Dependency ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Integrated Testing ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Hcv Testing

Abstract Background Indicator condition guided HIV testing is a proven effective strategy for increasing HIV diagnosis in health care facilities. As part of the INTEGRATE Joint Action, we conducted four pilot studies, aiming to increase integrated testing for HIV/HCV/HBV and sexually transmitted infections, by introducing and expanding existing indicator condition guided HIV testing methods. Methods Pilot interventions included combined HIV/HCV testing in a dermatovenerology clinic and a clinic for addictive disorders in Lithuania; Increasing HIV testing rates in a tuberculosis clinic in Romania by introducing a patient information leaflet and offering testing for HIV/HCV/sexually transmitted infections to chemsex-users in Barcelona. Methods for implementing indicator condition guided HIV testing were adapted to include integrated testing. Testing data were collected retrospectively and prospectively. Staff were trained in all settings, Plan-do-study-act cycles frequently performed and barriers to implementation reported. Results In established indicator conditions, HIV absolute testing rates increased from 10.6 to 71% in the dermatovenerology clinic over an 18 months period. HIV testing rates improved from 67.4% at baseline to 94% in the tuberculosis clinic. HCV testing was added to all individuals in the dermatovenerology clinic, eight patients of 1701 tested positive (0.47%). HBV testing was added to individuals with sexually transmitted infections with a 0.44% positivity rate (2/452 tested positive). The Indicator condition guided HIV testing strategy was expanded to offer HIV/HCV testing to people with alcohol dependency and chemsex-users. 52% of chemsex-users tested positive for ≥ 1 sexually transmitted infection and among people with alcohol dependency 0.3 and 3.7% tested positive for HIV and HCV respectively. Conclusions The four pilot studies successfully increased integrated testing in health care settings, by introducing testing for HBV/HCV and sexually transmitted infections along with HIV testing for established indicator conditions and expanding the strategy to include new indicators; alcohol dependency and chemsex. HCV testing of individuals with alcohol abuse showed high positivity rates and calls for further implementation studies. Methods used for implementing indicator condition guided HIV Testing have proven transferable to implementation of integrated testing.

scholarly journals A survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of biomedical waste management among 150 nursing staff working in All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 3008
Author(s):  
Vivek Chhabra ◽  
Durga Shankar Meena ◽  
Gopal Krishana Bohra ◽  
Naresh Midha ◽  
Bharat Maheshwari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Missing Values ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Care Problems ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: India as a developing country is facing a lot of health care problems, with the increase in health care facilities, there is a growing concern of hazards of biomedical waste. Since the nursing staff is at the centre of biomedical waste handling, their knowledge of adequate disposal of biomedical waste is of utmost importance. So, we conducted a study regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff working in a premier institute of western Rajasthan with respect to biomedical waste and its management.Methods: This was a hospital-based descriptive, observational study conducted in our institute in the month of October and November of 2018. Written consent was taken and pre-defined questionnaire was prepared based on a review of literature on the subject. Scrutiny was done for the data for any logical inconsistencies, skip patterns and missing values. Coding of the data was done and entered into a Microsoft Excel. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied for data analysis.Results: 150 participants took part in the questionnaire based study. The study showed that majority of participants have adequate knowledge, attitude and practice toward biomedical waste management but still, there were gaps in the knowledge and practice in essentially quite a lot of participants which should not be there.Conclusions: There is a need for strict implementation of biomedical rules at all the tiers of healthcare. There should be regular orientation programs for nursing staff and other health personnel working in the institutes. 

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS REGARDING COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Aadil Ameer Ali ◽  
Noman Haq ◽  
Muhammad Rafiq ◽  
Amjad Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Ismail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

This observational study was conducted to assess the attitude, knowledge and practices of health-care providers in context of novel corona virus or COvid-19 in Pakistan. A cross sectional survey has been conducted among the physicians, dentists, physiotherapists, pharmacists and nurses in a number of medical and health related facilities of Pakistan from April to June 2020. A self-constructed questionnaire was used among the 277 health care providers and SPSS version 23 was used to analyze the data. Male participants constituted 55.6% (n=154) of the total sample size. However, 91% of total participants aged between 23 to 33 years (n=252). In addition to this 71% participants were unmarried. In academic perspective 74.4% of the candidates were graduates and most of them were MBBS. Around 46.6 % people were permanent residents of Sindh while others belong to different regions of the country. Assessment revealed of knowledge, attitude and practice results showed that the great majority i.e. 96% (n=266) of the healthcare providers had adequate knowledge with respect to Covid-19. Moreover, 59.2% people (n=164) demonstrated positive attitude towards covid-19. Contrastingly, practices of a large number of healthcare providers were not found appropriate that makes up to 57.4% (n=159). The study concluded that the health care providers working in Pakistan have good knowledge and positive attitude towards covid-19, whereas the practice of Pakistani health care providers needs serious attention, because the results reveled the practice is below the mark.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of nurse-midwives on the use of partograph in health care centres of Bhutan

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Karma Choden ◽  
Nidup Dorji
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Continuous Medical Education ◽  
World Health ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Nurse Midwives ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: World Health Organization recommends using partograph to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths due to obstetric complications. Proper utilization of partograph by health care providers was noted to be good when it is associated with better knowledge and a positive attitude towards partograph. There is a paucity of scientific study about knowledge, attitude and practice on the use of partograph among healthcare providers in Bhutan. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of nurse-midwives on the use and completeness of partograph in seven hospitals and one Basic Health Unit grade I. Methods: A descriptive study was carried out from September 2017 to February 2018. Non-probability sampling method was used to survey all nurse-midwives who attended deliveries in the selected health facilities using a standard semi-structured questionnaire. All partographs filled three months before the data collection was selected purposefully and reviewed using a checklist. Results: A total of 96 participants consisting of 66 (68.8%) females and 30(31.3%) males consented for the survey. Good knowledge of partograph was reported among 48(50%) of the participants with a mean score of 12.1 (SD: ± 1.52). Attitude on the usage of partograph was found to be favorable with a median of 42 (range 32-48). Partograph usage was reported by 86 (89.6%) while only 10.4% reported having received in-service training on partograph. Out of 426 partographs reviewed, only 68 (16.0%) were found to be complete. Conclusions: Despite the encouraging findings on the use of partograph, completeness of the partograph was very low. This study therefore, recommends the reinforcement of knowledge and practice through periodic continuous medical education and auditing of the partographs.

scholarly journals Barriers to Effective HIV Testing Services and Strategies for Its Promotion at the Primary Health Care Facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Christiana A. Oluwamotemi ◽  
Funmilayo A. Okanlawon ◽  
Elizabeth R. Edoni ◽  
Ademola L. Adelekan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Hiv Testing Services ◽  
Primary Health Care Facilities

Background: HIV testing services (HTS) act as a critical entry point to HIV care, treatment and prevention services, and offer the opportunity for specially-trained health care providers to encourage avoidance of high risk sexual behaviour among both HIV negative and HIV-positive individuals. However, there are some challenges that can hinder effective delivery of HIV Counseling and Testing services by health care providers. This study was therefore designed to investigate barriers to effective HIV testing services and strategies for its promotion at the primary health care facilities in Ibadan. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among health care providers in primary health care facilities in five local government areas in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria. A 4-stage sampling techniques was used to select 19 respondents and interviewed using key informant interview guide. Interviews were transcribed verbatim. Spot check of transcripts were conducted to ensure completeness of the transcription. The data were sorted, categorized, and analyzed using a qualitative data analysis computer software package (NVivo). Results: All the respondents interviewed reported that, there were pre and post-tests counseling including HIV testing services in their facilities. Some respondents added there were laboratory services and linkages to other care and support services for those tested positive to HIV. However, most of the respondents reported insufficient consumables, insufficient staff, no privacy, lack of infrastructures as barriers to effective HIV testing services. Many of the respondents recommended community sensitization, more provision for consumables, drugs and kits as strategies for promoting HIV testing services. Conclusion: This study revealed that the primary health centres have pre-test and post-test HIV counseling services but insufficient consumables and staff were the major barriers to HIV testing services in this study. It is therefore necessary for government to make provision for consumables and more personnel to boost the activities of the health facilities.

scholarly journals “We Are Taking Every Precaution to Do Our Part...”: A Comparative Analysis of Nursing, Palliative and Hospice Care Facilities’ Websites During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabahat Ölcer ◽  
Mohamed Idris ◽  
Yüce Yilmaz-Aslan ◽  
Patrick Brzoska
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hospice Care ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Health Care Staff ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Care Facilities

Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on health care processes. Precautions such as restrictions imposed on visitors and social distancing have led to multiple challenges, particularly in terms of communication. Using the case of nursing, palliative and hospice care facilities in Germany and drawing on agenda-setting theory, the present study aims to shed light on how health care facilities use their websites to inform (potential) health care users about changes in regulations, new protective measures implemented and about recommendations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The websites of nursing, palliative and hospice care facilities in Germany were examined using qualitative document analysis and qualitative content analysis. A total of 138 websites was analysed in the study. The data gathered includes all the information about COVID-19 on these websites published from the beginning of March until August 15, 2020. Results: Facilities show similarities in adhering to the measures taken by the authorities to restrict the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and to protect vulnerable patients and employees. The message of avoiding to pay visits to patients in facilities unless there was an emergency was shared between facilities; however, visiting procedures in practice varied by types of facilities. For optimal communication, telephone and especially video calls were the options preferred by healthcare providers and health care users. Facilities made great efforts to prevent emotional stress and to strengthen resilience among all stakeholders. Transparency was adopted by many facilities in order to build the public’s trust. Conclusion: The agenda of health care facilities has been seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study sheds light on the strategies developed by facilities, their efforts to increase emotional resilience among health care staff and health care users, the ethical guidelines they have adopted regarding privacy policies as well as how these themes are communicated via the facilities’ websites. The results can inform other health care facilities about how websites can be used as essential communication tools in times of public health crises.

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